Managed website services

Website Management Services for Small Business

Theo builds the site, hosts it, makes the changes you ask for in chat, and does the search work every week. Website management starts at $69.99 a month on the Starter plan, free for the first 30 days. You own the site, and you can cancel anytime.

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By Theo. Updated September 28, 2026.

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Build, hosting, chat edits and weekly search work in one plan
Type the change in plain English; there is no editor to learn
Starter is $69.99 a month, free for the first 30 days
You own the site and can cancel anytime

From $69.99 a month on Starter, free for 30 days.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 on Trustpilot from 27 reviews
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Your first build is on Theo: see the site before you decide

Website management services cover what a site needs after launch: hosting, security, edits, new pages, technical fixes and the search work that gets a business found. Theo does all of it for one monthly fee: the owner types a change in chat and Theo makes it. Starter is $69.99 a month, free for the first 30 days, and includes the site build, managed hosting, changes made from chat and weekly SEO work. Pro is $129.99 a month for more pages and bigger changes. Basic is $29.99 a month for the site and hosting alone. Alliance Interactive, an agency, prices its packages at $500 to $2,000 a year, as of September 2026.

What is included

What website management services include

Website maintenance stops at software updates, backups and a support ticket. A Theo site is a static site with nothing to patch, so that part is built in; Theo keeps going into the work that changes what the site says and how it is found. Here is what is handled, plan by plan, with what it looks like on a real site.

Hosting and security on every plan

Every site Theo builds is a static website served over HTTPS on Theo's managed hosting, on Basic, Starter and Pro alike. The first line on most agency management lists, monthly updates to a content management system, its theme and its plugins, does not exist here: there is no server to patch and no plugin to fall out of date, so a form or a page does not stop working because an update was missed. Hosting is inside the plan price, not a separate bill that arrives each year. Store payments never touch the site; a Shopify or Wix checkout completes on the store, through the store's own payment provider.

Changes made from chat, in plain English

There is no drag-and-drop editor to learn. The owner types the change in chat: "Add the new price list to the services page," "Swap the hero photo for the one I just dragged in," "Move the fifth section above section two." Photos go in by dragging them into the chat. Theo makes the change and the owner publishes it when it reads right, from a phone if that is where the day happens. Changes are paid from monthly chat credits: a small edit uses a few, a new page uses more and a redesign uses the most.

New pages and posts every week

On Starter and Pro, Theo researches the keywords the business's customers use and the pages competing sites rank with, then builds dedicated service pages, blog posts and landing pages around the searches that fit. For a plumbing company that means pages for repair, drains and water heaters and a service-area page for each town, which is how the plumbing demo site is laid out. The work runs continuously, compounds over months and uses no chat credits, so a busy month of edits never crowds it out. The small business SEO services page describes the program in full.

Technical fixes, speed, indexing and AI search

Also on Starter and Pro: Theo fixes the technical SEO issues it finds, works on page speed, and submits new and changed pages to Google through Search Console rather than waiting for them to be discovered. It works toward citations in AI search tools, including ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews, and builds the site's authority over time. Analytics and performance are tracked so the weekly report shows what moved, and the Growth tab lists each fix and submission as it happens. None of this is billed to chat credits, and none of it waits for a ticket from the owner.

Domain, Google and store connections

Publishing puts the site on a temporary address, so nothing changes for visitors until the owner is ready. Theo then walks the owner through pointing the domain at it, or the owner buys one inside Theo. Once the domain is active, Google Analytics and Search Console connect, and the Growth Engine switches on after both are in place. A Shopify or Wix store connects directly on every plan: products, prices and stock appear on the site with a cart, checkout completes on the store, and the owner clicks Refresh my products after a change.

Proof: reports, demo sites and customer sites on request

On Starter and Pro, the Growth tab lists what was published, fixed and submitted, and a weekly report summarizes it, so the owner can check the work at a glance without reading a dashboard. To see what a managed Theo site looks like, the demo sites are the reference: the plumbing site with click-to-call in the header and reviews and license details, the restaurant site with the menu written as text so search engines read it and hours and address on every page, and the dental practice site with treatment pages, an insurance and financing page and appointment requests through the practice's own tool. Ask and the team will share live customer sites in your line of work whose owners have said yes.

Who this is for

Website management for small business: who it fits

This page is for the owner who became the webmaster by default and wants out of the job: the price change that waits two weeks because the builder is fiddly on a phone, the form that quietly stops sending, the service page that never gets written. Theo fits service businesses, professional practices, restaurants and shops that want the site handled without juggling a designer, a host and an SEO contractor. It is not a fit for custom code, a member database or payments taken on the site; bookings and checkout keep running in the tools you already use, and Theo links to them. If an existing site only needs patching and backups, read the narrower website maintenance services page.

Design and management together

Full-service website design and management, stage by stage

Full-service website design and management means one service builds the site and keeps doing the work after launch, so nothing gets handed back to you. Owners ask the same three questions about how that works at Theo; here is what happens at each stage and what stays with you.

What happens after the site is live?

On Starter and Pro, the weekly work begins once the domain, Analytics and Search Console are connected: keyword and competitor research, new pages and posts, technical fixes, page-speed work and Search Console submissions, with work toward citations in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews. New pages and fixes wait in the Growth tab for your review unless you turn auto-publish on. Over time the same work refines copy, calls to action, layout and page flow, so the pages that draw visitors are set up to turn them into inquiries. You ask for your own changes in chat and see everything in the Growth tab and a weekly report.

What still lands on my desk?

The facts only you know: services, prices, hours, photos, the questions customers ask and what changed this season. Tell Theo in chat when they change and the site follows. Bookings, point of sale and store checkout keep running in the tools you already use, and Theo links to them rather than replacing them. Your Google Business Profile, reviews and inbox stay yours; on Starter and Pro, Boost, the listings checklist, walks you through the listings one at a time.

I already have a site on Wix, Squarespace or WordPress. What changes?

Give Theo the URL and it rebuilds the site on its own hosting, keeping the current look if you want it kept. Nothing changes for visitors until the domain points at the new site, so the old one stays live through the switch. The old addresses that still get traffic or carry links are redirected to the matching new pages once Search Console is connected, and on Starter and Pro the new pages are submitted to Google through Search Console as part of the search work. For a WooCommerce store the options run in this order: move it to Shopify, which Theo recommends and connects to directly; keep it on its WordPress hosting at shop.yourdomain.com with the Theo site on the main domain; or, if that is too hard, keep the WordPress site where it is and put a separate Theo site on a subdomain such as blog.yourdomain.com. The move guides list what carries over from Wix and Squarespace.

Included

What Theo handles

Site build

Every plan. Theo builds the first version free from a chat about the business, or matches the look of an existing site from its URL, and shows the preview in minutes. The owner refines it in chat and publishes when it reads right; the first build costs nothing and comes before any plan starts.

Managed hosting and HTTPS

Every plan. The site lives on Theo's hosting as a static website served over HTTPS. There is no hosting account to renew, no server to patch and no software update to schedule, and the hosting cost sits inside the plan price rather than on a second invoice.

Edits and new pages on request

Every plan. Ask in chat and Theo makes the change: hours, prices, a team photo, a seasonal offer, a whole new page. Basic includes 1,500 chat credits a month, Starter 4,500 and Pro 7,000; top-up credits roll over and never expire, so an unused busy-month top-up is still there in the quiet months.

Weekly content and fixes

Starter and Pro. Keyword and competitor research first, then new service pages, posts and landing pages every week, plus technical SEO fixes and page-speed work, none of it billed to credits. Pro adds more pages and posts each week and leaves more room for bigger changes.

Indexing, AI search and reports

Starter and Pro. New and changed pages are submitted to Google through Search Console, Theo works toward citations in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews, and the Growth tab and a weekly report show the work as it lands. Pro adds read-only access to the site code through GitHub.

Listings checklist, pixels and tool links

Starter and Pro. Boost, Theo's listings checklist, walks the owner through Google Business Profile, Facebook, Apple Business Connect, Bing Places and Yelp one listing at a time. On every plan, Meta and TikTok pixels go on the site on request, and booking and point-of-sale tools such as Calendly, Square Appointments, Jobber and OpenTable are linked from the site, not run by Theo.

Process

How it happens

Build it free and see it first

Tell Theo about the business in chat, or give it the URL of the current site to match. The first preview is usually ready in minutes: the pages, the copy and the look, readable on a phone or a laptop. Refine it in chat, then publish; the site goes onto a temporary address and the current site keeps serving visitors untouched. Nothing has been paid at this point; publishing starts the plan, and Starter's first 30 days are free.

Connect the domain

Bring the domain you already own, or buy one inside Theo. For a domain you own, Theo shows the steps for the registrar: point the root and the www address at the site, turn off forwarding and parking, and leave the email records alone so mail keeps arriving. The old site stays live until the registrar's records update, usually within a few hours, and then the new one answers on the same address with nothing for visitors to relearn.

Connect Google and the weekly work begins

Once the domain is active, connect Google Analytics and Search Console; both are your own Google accounts linked to the site, so the data stays yours. With the domain and both connections in place, the Growth Engine switches on. Starter is free for the first 30 days and $69.99 a month after; Pro is $129.99 a month for more weekly pages and posts and more room for bigger changes.

Weekly work, weekly report

Every week on Starter and Pro, Theo researches, drafts new pages and posts, prepares the technical fixes it finds, submits pages through Search Console and then reports on it. The drafts and fixes wait in the Growth tab for the owner's review, and nothing goes live until the owner publishes them or turns auto-publish on. The owner reads the list in the Growth tab and the weekly report, asks for changes in chat whenever the business changes, and can cancel anytime; the confirmation shows the date the subscription ends, and the site and its images can be copied before then.

Pricing

What it costs, in full

The ongoing search work is part of Starter and Pro. Basic is the site and hosting on its own. Starter is free for the first 30 days.

Plan	Per month	Ongoing search work	Chat credits	Best for
Basic	$29.99	Not included	1,500 a month	Owners who just want their site live and easy to update.
StarterFree for 30 days	$69.99	Included, uses no credits	4,500 a month	Owners who want the site handled without heavy publishing volume.
Pro	$129.99	Included, uses no credits	7,000 a month	Owners who want more capacity, more publishing, and more room to experiment.

No contract, cancel anytime, and you own the site and its content. Top-up credits roll over and never expire. Full pricing and what credits are.

Reviews

What customers say

Rated 4.7 out of 5 on Trustpilot from 27 reviews.

Theo is the best in the game. I was originally forking over hundreds of dollars for a website hosting service only to be on the third page of Google search, but with Theo, I have a gorgeous site constantly optimizing SEO and actually getting me conversions. Truly life changing stuff, couldn’t be more grateful

Greg on Trustpilot

Theo is a fantastic platform, not only from a build and usability standpoint, but in terms of real, measurable performance. The platform is intuitive, well thought out, and easy to work with. More importantly, we saw significant lifts in a remarkably short period of time, and the analytics gave us a clear view into what was driving it. It has been genuinely impressive to see how quickly Theo makes an impact.

Tom Drymalski on Trustpilot

This tool is amazing! Truly the best bespoke AI tool that I've come across in the past year. The website design capabilities are tremendous, and even though I've only experienced 2 months of how Theo can support with SEO, the increases in traction we saw were significant. I've been telling everyone I know who could benefit from Theo to start using it today.

Josh Buoy on Trustpilot

Compare

Theo against the alternatives

	Theo	Typical agency	DIY builder
Cost	$69.99 a month on Starter (free for the first 30 days); $129.99 on Pro; site and hosting only, $29.99 on Basic	Alliance Interactive: packages at $500 to $2,000 a year; Webstix: support blocks at $80 an hour; OuterBox: maintenance budgets of $100 to $2,500 a month, as of September 2026	A monthly subscription for the editor and hosting; your time is the real cost
Site build	Included; the first build is free and you see it before you decide	Quoted as a separate project	You build it from a template
Hosting and security	Included; static site over HTTPS, nothing to patch	Often a separate line item, plus software updates inside the retainer	Included in the subscription
Making a change	Type it in chat; Theo makes it, paid from monthly credits	Send a request and wait for the next slot, billed hourly or from a block	Open the editor and do it yourself
New pages and posts	Weekly on Starter and Pro; uses no credits	Usually a separate content retainer	You write and publish them
SEO and Google indexing	Included on Starter and Pro: technical fixes, speed work, Search Console submissions	Separate SEO scope	Add-on apps and your own effort
Ownership	Yours, the site and everything on it; take a copy if you ever move	Depends on the contract	Content is yours; the site stays on the platform
Commitment	Monthly; cancel anytime	Often an annual agreement	Monthly or annual plan

FAQ

Questions buyers ask

How much do website management services cost?

Theo's website management starts at $69.99 a month on Starter, free for the first 30 days, and that price includes the build, managed hosting, changes made from chat and the weekly search work; Pro is $129.99 a month with 7,000 chat credits, more weekly pages and posts and read-only access to the site code. There is no build fee and no hosting bill on either plan. As of September 2026, Alliance Interactive, an agency, prices its website management packages at $500 to $2,000 a year, and Webstix sells support blocks at $80 an hour, before hosting or a single new page. The paid extras at Theo are top-up credits, a domain bought through Theo and the optional backlink packages in the Boost checklist.

How long does it take to get started?

The first preview is usually ready in minutes once Theo has a description of the business or the URL of the current site. You refine it in chat and publish it to a temporary address, and your own domain takes over once the registrar's records update, usually within a few hours, with the old site live until then. The search work on Starter and Pro starts after the domain, Analytics and Search Console are connected, and it compounds over months rather than days.

Who owns the website?

You do, always, along with every page, image and post on it; Theo is the host, not the owner. On Pro you can also read and copy the site code through GitHub. If you ever leave, you copy the site and images and move them wherever you like.

Can I cancel?

Yes, anytime; there is no long-term commitment and no annual agreement to wait out. The cancellation confirmation shows the date the subscription ends, and the plan works as normal until then. Copy the site and its images any time before then.

What is the difference between website management, managed website services and website maintenance?

Maintenance keeps an existing site patched, backed up and online; on a Theo site there is nothing to patch, so that part is built in. Managed website services is the same job described from the provider's side: one company hosts the site, keeps it secure and fast, updates the content and answers support requests, instead of the owner doing it in-house. Website management adds the work that changes what the site says and how it is found: edits, new pages, technical SEO and Google indexing. Theo's Starter and Pro plans are management in that full sense; Basic, at $29.99 a month, is the site and hosting without the ongoing program.

Should I hire a part-time web administrator or a freelancer instead?

A part-time or fractional web administrator sells a monthly retainer of hours and does what fits in them, which works until the month the site needs more than the hours cover, or the week the price list changes while the person is away. Hourly help from an agency runs about $80 an hour at Webstix, and the vendors listed first in Clutch's website maintenance directory show minimum project sizes of $10,000 and up, both as of September 2026. Theo is the same seat at a flat monthly price: changes come from chat credits, hosting is included, and on Starter and Pro the weekly pages, fixes and indexing run without anyone remembering to ask.

Does website management include my online store?

Yes, on every plan. A Shopify or Wix store connects directly: products, prices and stock show on the Theo site with a cart, the customer pays on the store through its own payment provider, and after changing products you click Refresh my products and the site updates. Theo recommends Shopify for a new store. If you sell on Etsy, Theo reads your public listings and turns them into product pages, with checkout staying on Etsy. If you sell on WooCommerce, Square Online, Big Cartel, Gumroad, Payhip or PayPal, Theo builds a storefront that links to your real products and you keep your checkout; the store can also live at shop.yourdomain.com.

Does Theo promise rankings?

No, and no service can; anyone who promises a ranking is selling something Google does not sell. Theo does the work rankings depend on: research, new pages, technical fixes, Search Console submission and work toward citations in AI search tools, and shows it week by week. The starting point for many small sites is low: in Theo's audit of 5,974 small business websites, 48 percent of the 4,027 sites with search data got an estimated zero visitors a month from Google search. That number does not change on a site nobody works on.